hi!

az lawrie (pronouns: he/him) is a quasiprofessional mess masquerading as an amateur musician, deliberately failed academic, reasonably coherent writer, and emotionally mature adult. az has been referred to as "thoughtful, insightful, kind, and caring" (az's mother) and “mozart's waluigi” (Emery Kerekes). az has been rejected from numerous highly regarded degree awarding institutions and summer festivals. presently, az can be found knitting, complaining about inaccessibility in academia, and/or experiencing elf emotions.

to get in touch with az, follow the email link above.

B.Mus cello performance, DePaul University School of Music; M.Mus cello performance, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance; M.Mus musicology and ethnomusicology, King's College London.

az has previously been known by other names, some of which may appear on this website and elsewhere on the internet. where possible, please refer to az as az and not any other name. the all-lowercase spelling of az’s name is intentional and should be observed wherever possible (acknowledging the limitations of some online places in this regard); if all-lowercase is not possible, please spell as AZ Lawrie.

things that are on this website: the homepage (you are here); a long and likely confusing artistic statement; a semi-complete list of people who have influenced the thing that az is; a blog that az has been keeping since March 2018, though it became much more sporadic once he stopped being a full-time student in late 2020.

if you’re confused about why az is writing about himself in the third person, don’t worry, so is he.